Chipping Ongar

Epping Forest · East of England · population 7,196 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,596 of 6,856 in England
  • #357 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 17 in Epping Forest
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,139
Median age (est.)44
Density792per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 16%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · Jewish 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Chipping Ongar is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,596 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Epping Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (86) and lowest on Education (32). Typical homes here sold for about £445,000 over the past year, down 9% across five years (from 91 sales), 14% below the wider Epping Forest median of £515,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,590 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 55 · #3,090
Employment 57 · #2,973
Education 32 · #4,680
Health 86 · #965
Crime 45 · #3,761
Housing & access 59 · #2,809
Living environment 71 · #1,979

House prices ?

£445,000median (12m) · -7.3% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£445,00091-7.3%-8.7%
Detached£746,00019+20.8%+30.9%
Semi-detached£480,00037-2.5%+5.5%
Terraced£437,50014+12.9%+15.5%
Flat£255,00021-1.4%-5.2%
This area£445,000
Epping Forest£515,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,590±£6,245 · #2,425 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,029
Price-to-income ?10.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 345 offences
Epping Forest69
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,932 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences177
Theft47
Burglary7
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons23
Drugs18
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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